Mike, I realize that AGI is more than just language understanding.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Matt: "This > seems counter-intuitive, given that it's only text. The problem is not > well understood. Why is it that a human brain sized neural network > requiring a 10 petaflop computer can apparently only add numbers at a > rate of about one digit per second?" > > If you persist in thinking of language/conceptual thinking as processing > "TEXT," you have a massive & farcical problem. > > If you recognize it instead as "full bodied SIMULATION of complex courses of > action in a fraction of the time", then it's not so hard to see why it > requires an extraordinary amount of cerebral and corporal space and energy, > is it? > > e.g. > > GO TO THE KITCHEN > > can only be understood by full-bodied simulation. > > And a near instantaneous reply like > > I CAN'T GO THIS WAY - I'LL HAVE TO GO ROUND THE BACK > > is a wonder not of text processing, but of simulation. -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
